CO NTRI BUTe RS
BARKER FAIRLEY, whose study of
Goethe was recently published by
the Oxford Press, teaches German
at the University of Toronto.
SAUL BELLOW, author of "Dang–
ling Man" and "The Victim," is now
living in Paris.
ALBERT CAMUS, who is a promi–
nent member of the younger gen–
eration of French writers, is the
author of "The Stranger," "The
Myth of Sisyphus," and other works.
THEODORE ROETHKE, author of
two volumes of poetry, teaches a
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the University of Washington.
ROBERT FITZGERALD is the au–
thor of several volumes of verse,
and has just published, together
with Dudley Fitts, a translation of
Oedipus Rex.
NICCOLO TUCCI, who lives in
New York, is well known for his
stories in The New Yorker, and his
articles in Politics and other peri–
odicals.
HISAYE YAMAMOTO's first pub–
lished story, "The High-Heeled
Shoes," was printed in the October,
1948 issue of PRo She lives in Los
Angeles.
ISAAC ROSENFELD, whose novel,
"Passage from Home," was pub–
lished by the Dial Press several
years ago, is presently working on a
new novel.
FRANK JONES teaches English at
Reed College, Portland, Oregon.
WILLIAM POSTER is a young writ–
er who has contributed reviews and
articles to Commentary and other
periodicals.
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